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Fast Forward New Year’s Day Rampage Punctures Tel Aviv Bubble
(JTA) — Until Friday, this city had been largely untouched by the recent wave of near-daily attacks by Palestinians on Israeli civilians. Several incidents did strike Tel Aviv — a soldier was stabbed with a screwdriver outside Israel Defense Forces headquarters in October and, the following month, two Israelis were killed in a stabbing attack…
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Fast Forward Tel Aviv Shooting Suspect Has Long History of Violence
The shooter in the attack on a bar full of patrons in central Tel Aviv that killed two has been named by police as an Arab-Israeli man with a history of violence. The attacker was named as Nashat Melhem, 31, of Arara, a village in Wadi Ara in northern Israel. A gag order was lifted…
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Fast Forward Tel Aviv Shooting Suspect’s Family Denounces Attack as Manhunt Widens
Police in Israel were hunting on Saturday for an Israeli Arab identified as the suspect in Friday’s deadly shooting attack on a Tel Aviv bar, a case they described as “complex and unique.” Nashat Melhem, 29, from the village of Arara in northern Israel was still at large and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who visited…
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The Schmooze Jerry Seinfeld Performs to Sold-Out Audiences in Tel Aviv
JERUSALEM — Comedian Jerry Seinfeld performed to sold-out audiences in Tel Aviv ove the weekend. Seinfeld performed two shows on Saturday night and two more on Sunday evening at an 11,000-seat basketball arena. The performances are Seinfeld’s first in Israel. “Oh my god, I’m in Israel!” he said at the beginning of his first one-hour…
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Food 5 Reasons Tel Aviv Is ‘Best Vegetarian’ City
A vegetarian dish at Nanuchka in Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv is home to the world’s best vegetarian food, says . On the list of must-visit spots: Vegan eateries Café Anastasia, Caffe Kaymak, and Tenat, an Ethiopian joint. “Veggie-friendly” options also make the cut, like Georgian resto Nanuchka, and The Herbert Samuel Restaurant in the Ritz-Carlton…
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Fast Forward 5 Killed in Tel Aviv and West Bank Including an American Yeshiva Student
Three people were killed in a shooting attack in the West Bank, including an American yeshiva student, hours after two Jewish men were stabbed to death in Tel Aviv at a prayer service. The five deaths in the attacks, reportedly by Palestinians, are the most on a single day since the latest spate of terror…
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News Hundreds Gather In Tel Aviv to Show Solidarity after Paris Attacks
Hundreds of Israelis came to show solidarity with France this Saturday, after Friday’s tragic terror attacks. Carrying French flags and signs, voicing their solidarity, the crowd gathered at Rabin Square. Many of the attendants were French Jews who made aliyah to Israel. French Ambassador to Israel Patrick Maisonnave presided over the rally, which took place…
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The Schmooze When High Fashion Meets Hasidic Tunes
Last week, audiences at Tel Aviv’s Fashion Week were surprised when Tovale+, a label run by mother and daughter team Tovale and Namma Chasin, “Maaminim.” Ben David, an American Hasidic Jewish singer popular in the Orthodox community, was an unlikely choice for the high-fashion event. The festive tune was a change of pace for the…
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